Now that Obama has caused the price of pot to skyrocket, we can fire up the 1000 watt lights again.

[RainDog]

38. I don't think the facts are on your side

the war on drugs has cost the U.S. TRILLIONS since Nixon began it.

here's a list of people who called to end the war on drugs on its 40th anniversary this year... a list full of internationally and nationally prominent politicians, thinkers and business persons.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/117052

please be sure to check out this list. what the world is saying is the U.S. needs to lead on this issue because the U.S. was instrumental in forcing the UN Convention on cannabis and all other drugs on the rest of the world.

Legalizing cannabis would open new markets across sectors - including energy sources. Hemp, the non-psychotropic variety of cannabis, is the fastest growing biomass available, requires little to no pesticides, and could fuel entire cities with something that is carbon neutral.

Cannabis is essential for some people's medical care and surival (you should read the story about Peter McWilliams if you think this is an exaggeration) and is known as one of the best medicines for people with MS, epilespy and migraines - not to mention its secondary use for people undergoing chemo.

If the govt. moved from spending money on a failed war on drugs to taxing the sale of cannabis like they do alcohol or cigarettes, money that would go to sustain unsustainable policy could instead go to fund essential state and local services.

The problem is with people who can't think outside the box - people like you who see this as one small issue when the reality is that this prohibition is an economic, medical, energy, civil rights and govt legitimacy issue, to name some of the most prominent.

Cannabis law is used to impose racist incarceration on vast numbers of Americans - whose criminal records then make it harder for them to get jobs - for mere possession of something less harmful than alcohol.

If you think racism doesn't matter, you're wrong there, too.

iow, those who say this is a little nothing issue seem to have no clue.